Maintenance: PARTS MANAGEMENT
Maintenance performance and costs are directly affected by the quality of material control. All delays in acquisition of material are disruptive and costly. The right parts must be ready and available…
Articles by Northern Miner Staff
Letters: COMPUTER BUGS
In his article “And Now the Bad News” in the June issue, Kerry Knoll listed several reasons for the misfortune of a substantial number of gold mining projects. Understanding why some projects have fai…
Editor’s Note: GOVERNMENT’S ROLE
At one time, government’s reach into Canadian society was limited to provider and custodian of infrastructure, specifically roads and such. Today, it would be easier and quicker to show where governme…
Suppliers’ Notes (December 01, 1989)
Shareholders of R. Angus Alberta have announced their intention to sell their shares in R. Angus Alberta and its subsidiary companies to Finning Ltd. of Vancouver, B.C. Based in Alberta, R. Angus is …
Calendar (December 01, 1989)
Jan 21-23, Houston, Tex. World of Concrete ’90. Exhibition is scheduled for the Houston Astrodome. Contact Becky Auten at 1-800-323-3550. Jan 24-26, Golden, Colo. Ore Reserve Estimation & Mine-plannin…
Flowsheet: THE GOLDEN GIANT MILL; Part One of Two
Hemlo Gold Mines, owns and operates the Golden Giant mine, near Marathon, Ont. The mine is one of three gold operations exploiting the large gold orebody in the Hemlo area. Milling facilities include…
Plexus moving toward production on Rawhide
In relative obscurity, Plexus Resources (TSE) and Kennecott Corp. have been developing a Nevada open pit mine that will rank as the fourth largest heap leach producer in the U.S. The Rawhide project, …
PDAC plans symposium to precede convention
The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada will hold a symposium on computer treatment of exploration and mining data at Metro Toronto Convention Centre, March 9-10, 1990. Also available at …
Westmin earnings dip
Earnings for Vancouver-based Westmin Resources (TSE) dropped to $1.1 million for the third quarter from $4.1 million the previous year. After preferred dividends are accounted for, the company lost 8 …
Gold funds as of Nov 21
MVP BGR Central Capital Net value $12.14 $6.23 $0.52 Price $11.875 $6.00 $0.30 Discount 2.18% 3.7% d 42.3% Value $72,273,853 $104,818,631 …
Cominco VP makes profitable trades
One of Cominco Ltd.’s (TSE) top executives earned a substantial profit recently while buying and selling shares of the Vancouver- based resource giant. John Fletcher, a senior vice- president in Comin…
Horsham changes vote
Shareholders of Horsham Corp. (TSE), the holding company which controls American Barrick Resources (TSE), have approved an increase in the number of votes attached to multiple voting shares held by ch…